election chances and he was promoting a moment that he believes is bigger than both of them. >> interesting to see how this will play out at the convention. thank you both. that's "all in" for this evening. the rachel maddow starts now. >> good evening. it's been another really big day in the news today. i think we'll have a bunch of these over the next few days, but today was another day of a lot of really big news and news that continues to unfold tonight. today we had the incredibly moving memorial service in dallas, featuring pretty impassioned remarks from president obama and also remarks from former president george w. bush. very rare to see those two men appearing together anywhere. it's even more rare to have president obama flying texas senator ted cruz with him on air

force one to an event anywhere in the country. but after what dallas has just been through, partisanship became very specifically irrelevant at today's dallas memorial service. we'll have more on that occasion ahead tonight, on tonight's show. also this time tomorrow, we're looking ahead to our closest ally overseas, great britain. they're going to have a new prime minister this time tomorrow. only the second woman ever to be british prime minister, after margaret thatcher. theresa may will be taking over. we'll have news on that ahead. also on this program, we'll be joined by the campaign manager for bernie sanders, jeff weaver will join us, following senator sanders' landmark decision today to endorse hillary clinton and to apparently start campaigning for her for president. we'll have much more on that endorsement ahead tonight, in terms of what it means for the election, what it means for the democratic party, what it means for liberal politics in this country. but logistically today, that

endorsement of hillary clinton by bernie sanders, it wasn't just a declaration of support, just a declaration of intent to campaign for her. logistically, it also ends up being important that this was technically the end of bernie sanders's own campaign for president. one of the consequences of that, after he left this event in new hampshire, he flew back to washington, d.c., and then his landing in washington, d.c. today marked the end of his secret service protection. he's been protected by the secret service since the very start of the presidential primary, since the first week of february this year, but that ended for senator bernie sanders tonight. he's now officially back to being just a united states senator, depending on how he chooses to spend his time between now and november. though senator sanders will also now be one of the most valuable speakers and supporters and surrogates that hillary clinton will have, of everyone. especially when it comes to trying to rally liberal democrats, and the kind of independent-minded democratic

voters who bernie sanders attracted to his campaign by the millions during this unexpectedly long and hard-fought primary that the democrats had this year. senator sanders said today that he intends to be in every corner of this country to make certain that hillary clinton is the next president of the united states. he said today, quote, i intend to do everything i can to make certain that hillary clinton will win this fall's election. again, we'll be talking about senator bernie sanders' campaign manager, jeff weaver, about what this announcement means, what we should expect from senator sanders between now and november. he not only started talking about campaigning for secretary clinton for president, he also talked about forming successor organizations to his presidential campaign. what does that mean? how are those going to work? what should we expect from them for this year's politics? so, big day today, in democratic

politics. the endorsement is there, the sentiment is there. the importance of it for november may be in the details. got a lot of important and specific details today on the democrat side and the republican side of politics. because wii we've been talking about sanders and clinton, let's talk about the democratic side first in terms of new details we got today and tonight. on the democratic side, we don't exact guidance on the line-up and the speakers for the democratic convention, but "the new york times" reports that a prominent speaking slot has been reserved at the connecticut on night one for massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. on the one hand, that must be very exciting for senator warren to know she has a dedicated prominent speaking slot on night one of the democratic national convention. on the other hand, night one is usually not when the vice president ial nominee makes her speech. so does that mean that elizabeth warren is out as a potential hillary clinton running mate?

not necessarily. if they decide to choose senator warren as their vp choice, obviously they can move her speaking slot. wouldn't be the biggest deal in the world. but them announcing today, letting it be known to reporters today, that she's speaking on night one, that's the current plan, that is a little tea leaf that we found out about today. and frankly, at this point in politics, it's impossible to not try to read signs like that, to read tea leaves like this when we find them. in terms of the timing of hillary clinton's running mate announcement, we're now led to believe that her announcement will be timed to take full advantage of the fact that the democrats are holding their convention second this year, after the republicans. and generally speaking, this sort of thing tends to be a good move. republicans did it in 2008. the republicans waited for the democratic convention to end. they waited for the -- for nominee barack obama to have his ginormous acceptance speech at the huge stadium in denver, to

wow the country with one of the great obama orations of all time, on this incredible stage, before a huge crowd. but then the very next morning, quash. they stepped right on the tail of that story with their own republican surprise announcement that john mccain had chosen for his running mate, a half term governor of alaska who nobody had ever heard of. whatever you think of john mccain choosing sarah palin as his running mate, the timing of that surprise announcement in 2008, right after obama's convention, right between the two conventions, squashing the momentum from the successful obama/biden convention, and that incredible acceptance speech that obama gave in denver, whatever you think about that, the timing of that was very well played by the mccain campaign in 2008. and the clinton campaign is planning on similar timing with their announcement this year. we're told they're planning to announce hillary clinton's running mate, sometime during the three-day window, between

the end of the republican convention next week and the beginning of the democratic convention the week after. so that means a week from friday, saturday, or sunday, that's when we'll get the clinton announcement. now, in terms of who hillary clinton is likely to pick, we still really don't know. there's that intriguing elizabeth warren speaking slot news from today. although really who knows what that means. there's also a big joint appearance planned on thursday this week, two days from now, for hillary clinton with virginia governor tim cane. and i know, i know, tim cane is always derided as the boring choice for running mate. but if you want to know, part of the reason tim cane is always in the running anytime any democrat is looking for a potential vice presidential running mate, if you want to know why he's the king of the short list, why he is always a bridesmaid, well, behold, here is tim cane's last sunday show appearance. just watch this briefly, only about 20 seconds.

what subtle detail do you know about this sunday show appearance that might set tim cane apart from your typical, boring, short list perennial contender? >> in virginia. tim cane speaking on univision this weekend, giving the boilerplate denial that he's not interested in being vice president and he's happy to be senator from virginia, but doing that boilerplate denial in fluent spanish. spanish so fluent that he gets the jokes, he needs no translation, he knows when to smile and laugh and react to the spanish-speaking anchor.

there are 320 million people in this country, 55 million of them are hispanic. tim cane is always on the democratic vice presidential short list for a reason, and that is one of them. we'll get a little window into how seriously the clinton campaign is really considering him as a running mate. we'll get a little window into what the chemistry is like between tim cane and hillary clinton at their event that is scheduled for the day after tomorrow. thursday event, tim cane and hillary clinton. in addition to the elizabeth warren buzz and the tim cane buzz, there was also a brief flurry of reporting today about the possibility that the clinton campaign was vetting former navy admiral, james staff reedis. we don't know how specific that prospect is. this is the first time his name has surfaced. there were reports they were vetting him. there were reports he was not in serious contention. so we don't really know. but in general, it's not inconceivable that a retired military officer will be in the mix for one or even both of the presidential candidates this year. the trump campaign just in the past few days floated and then unfloated the name of

controversial retired general mike flynn as a potential running mate for donald trump. mr. trump reportedly floated the name of retired general mcchrystal, who stomped all over that prospect when he told cnn he will not accept any role in a donald trump administration. emphasis on any. if the candidates are considering former generals, and they are, general mcchrystal would make a much more sensible running mate for hillary clinton, not donald trump. donald trump and mccrystal, inconceivable match-up. i would be surprised if mccrystal is not on the list that hillary clinton is considering, as the campaign continues to narrow down its choices. we shall see. we do tonight have some very specific reporting on the republican side in terms of what to expect for a vice presidential announcement timing. the trump campaign is now expected to reveal donald trump's choice of running mate as some sort of orchestrated big public event on friday of this week. it's possible that the selection will happen before that, that it

could be leaked, that they'll let it be known in a quieter way before friday. but they are planning a vice presidential roll-out event on friday. despite the flirtation with mike flynn, the remaining names on the short list for trump tonight are reported to be three. number one, new jersey governor chris christie, number two, indiana governor mike pence, and number three, former house speaker newt gingrich. now, if you're trying to read the tea leaves in deciding between the three of them, the easiest tea leaf to read on these guys is at the big, blaring, nationally broadcast one at the fox news channel.

fox news channel is very powerful, very rich, they get great ratings. more power to them. not really. but they are in an unusual position in american politics and american broadcasting in that the fox news channel is effectively the official tv station of the republican party. and whether you like that about them or you don't, having fox have the role of being official republican tv, it does give us one very handy signal we wouldn't otherwise have in american politics. fox news helps us know when specific republican politicians are about to run for office. they make it really obvious. it's like clock work, right? republican politicians leave office, or they lose an election or something, they go then, get a job at fox news. then as soon as they're ready to

run for office again, fox news has to go through this big public display of firing them. and so we all get this very clear, sure-fire sign that a republican politician is about to jump back into electoral politics when they get fired from fox news for that purpose. it's like when the white smoke starts coming out of the chimney at the top of the sistine chapel. you don't know who the pope is, but you know they got a pope. it's the same thing at fox news. if you're a republican politician and you get fired from fox news, you're about to run for something. that's how we knew in 2012. brett baird announced they were both fired on the same day. same with liz cheney running for senate in wyoming. how we found out scott brown was going to run for new hampshire. ben carson and mike huckabee in 2016, they got publicly fired at fox news, so they could clear the way to make that run, and that's how we all knew they'd be running. well, keeping that pattern in mind, you should note that today, newt gingrich, once again, got fired from fox news. and so maybe that means he's going to be running with donald trump as trump's vice presidential running mate. maybe it does.

we will see. who knows? maybe fox just fired him for a week and they're going to hire him back after the convention, once trump names mike pence as his vice presidential running mate. who knows. it's almost not worth speculating on at this point if only we don't have to speculate for long. we just have to hold our breath and wait. we're going to find out by the end of this week. so your guessing time is almost up. the real unanswered question is whether or not the sort of thing that is worth worrying about, particularly for republicans, is whether the vice presidential running mate announcement, whoever it is, the real thing to

worry about, the real thing to wonder about, is whether it's going to work. whether it's going to be a big enough deal that it's going to make a difference in the campaign. because the latest data about the campaign, about the race between donald trump and hillary clinton, the latest data is really bad for donald trump. the latest pough national poll that came out, hillary clinton is beating donald trump overall, nationwide, no big deal, nine points. seen this before. but look at this one slice of voters under the age of 30. in the new national pough poll, look at this, voters under 30 nationwide, not only are picking hillary clinton over donald trump by a huge margin, they're actually picking hillary clinton and gary johnson over donald trump. donald trump is losing to hillary clinton -- and to the libertarian guy! among voters ages 18 to 29. bloomberg politics also has a new national poll out that has just devastating numbers for trump, with a different slice of the electorate. bloomberg looks at white, college-educated voters. which is about a third of the electorate. in every election since 1952, they've picked the last presidential candidate.

in the last election, white, college-educated voters went for mitt romney over obama by a margin of 14 points. even though obama won handily overall. white college educated voters are right now, plus 11 for hillary clinton in this election. if you broaden it out to all college educated voters, not just white people, but all college educated likely voters in this country, that's a group president obama actually won by two points in 2012. hillary clinton leads with those same voters not by two points, but by 22 points. and that's a huge portion of the electorate. white college-educated voters is a third of the electorate in 2012. all college-educated voters, that was 47% of the electorate. she's got a 22-point lead with half of the electorate. if you focus in on likely voters with graduate degrees, people

who have not just a college degree, but a graduate degree beyond that, hillary clinton wins those voters by a 34-point margin, by 61-27 percent. and that dynamic is one that the trump campaign has sort of tried to turn into lemonade a little bit. they've tried to celebrate that a little bit. do you remember when donald trump said this after nevada? >> we won with poorly educated -- i love the poorly educated. >> donald trump and his campaign may love their success with the poorly educated, but any republican candidate who is losing college-educated white people by 11 points is gonna lose a national election. and badly. so, that's a big deficit from which he is starting as we head into the convention and are poised to hear who his vice presidential running mate is going to be. as we get down to the wire, as the last tea leaves settle into

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for re-election as governor in indiana. he's only got about a 40% approval rating in his home state. a lot of national conservatives have turned on him because of the way his governorship has gone in indiana. but with all that stacked against him, he does now have the distinction of being on donald trump's vice presidential short list. and we're going to find out how short the list is going to get in just a matter of days. joining us now is msnbc political correspondent steve kornacki. good to be here. >> sure. >> in terms of mike pence i have always felt like mike pence's reputation was bigger than mike pence -- is bigger than what mike pence has earned in the terms of the way that he's governed. he's never passed a bill in congress. he's been deeply unpopular as a governor in indiana. national conservatives have started to sour on him a little bit. why is his reputation so much bigger than what it would seem like he's earned on paper? >> i think in this case, it's comparison. most people think it's come down to pence and gingrich.

maybe trump has a surprise up his sleeve, we never know. but the conventional wisdom is that he's deciding between pence and gingrich. you look at gingrich, he had the ethics violations when he was in congress. he has all sort of personal baggage. he has a tendency to say things that raise eyebrows. when you compare pence to gingrich, pence has more convention credentials without the flamboyance of a gingrich. without the obvious baggage of a gingrich. so when you compare the two of them, it starts to look like donald trump is choosing between sort of a safe conventional establishment pick in mike pence, and then donald trump, who wants to do something unconventional, the showman donald trump, in maybe the newt gingrich pick. >> why is chris christie not in the running anymore as far as you see it? >> two factors. bridgegate is still hanging over chris christie. the other thing is, when you look inside donald trump's world, i've never gotten past the fact that donald trump's son-in-law, the husband of ivanka, jared kushner, his father was prosecuted by chris

christie, and when you start to see the history and the role that jared kushner plays in chris christie's world right now, have always had a hard time seeing how donald trump would bring him in as vice president. >> and that hasn't changed at all as you see how close christie has kept trump? >> and christie has his reasons and he hopes he can get this. maybe something's happening behind the scenes. it's unthinkable to people who know the chris christie, jared kushner world. maybe there's been an alignment behind the scenes. it would be an incredible story. but chris christie putting jared kushner's father in jail ten years ago, humiliating him. it wasn't just prosecuting him, it involved prostitutes, crossing state lines, he prosecuted him under a hundred-year-old statute. there's a history there, it's hard for me to see how that would happen.

>> if it's pence or gingrich or somebody else who we're not talking about, is there a vice presidential pick in the world who could radically change the trajectory of donald trump's national election prospects? >> here's what i always think when that question comes up, in any scenario like this. 9888, lloyd benson, dan quayle. the ultimate line in any political debate in history was loit benson saying to dan quayle, senator, you're no jack kennedy. it's the all-time best comment in a political contest. did lloyd benson help dukakis at all? there's zero evidence he did anything. he lost in a landslide. >> it will be fun to see who he picks, but nothing's going to change what's going to happen anyway? >> i think so. >> the good thing about having steve kornacki on tv, he tells you how things end. so if you don't want to pay attention to the middle part, you can skip to the end and know how it will all work out. he's very relieving in that way, even when it's bad news.

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>> one month ago today, we woke up to the news that in the early hours of the morning, a gunman had opened fired in a gay nightclub in orlando, florida, and killed 49 people. a month ago today, june 12th.

that was the deadliest mass shooting in u.s. history, the worst terrorist attack in the united states since 9/11. president obama spoke about orlando that day from the white house briefing room. today, one month later exactly, president obama addressed a mourning nation again, this time following the worst attack on law enforcement since 9/11. he cut short his trip to europe to return to dallas today to speak at a memorial service for the five police officers who were shot in the streets of downtown dallas last thursday night. this was a profoundly non-partisan event. texas senator ted cruz flew to texas with the president today on air force one. president george w. bush and former first lady laura bush were also there on stage with the obamas. former president bush gave brief remarks at the service. he almost never speaks publicly now but he did today. and president obama gave

remarks, remarks that were moving, which i think a lot of people expected, especially once we learned the president would be writing the speech himself. i'm not sure that we expected that his remarks would be so personal, and in some ways, also just profoundly sad. watch some of what the president had to say today. >> now, i'm not naive. i have spoken at too many memorials during the course of this presidency. i've hugged too many families who've lost a loved one to senseless violence. and i've seen how a spirit of unity, born of tragedy, can gradually dissipate. overtaken by the return to business as usual. as old habits and expediency, i see how easily we slip back into our old notions, because they're comfortable, we're used to them.

i've seen how inadequate words can be in bringing about lasting change. i've seen how adequate my own words have been. and so i'm reminded of the passage in john's gospel. let us love not with words or speech but with actions and in truth. as a society, we choose to under-invest in decent schools. we allow poverty to fester so that entire neighborhoods offer no prospect for gainful employment. we refuse to fund drug treatment and mental health programs. we flood communities with so

many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a glock, than get his hands on a computer or even a book. and then we tell the police, you're a social worker, you're the parent, you're the teacher, you're the drug counsellor. we tell them to keep those neighborhoods in check at all costs. and do so without causing any political blowback or inconvenience. don't make a mistake that might disturb our own peace of mind. and then we feign surprise when periodically the tensions boil over.

we know those things to be true. they've been true for a long time. we know it! police, you know it. protesters, you know it. you know how dangerous some of the communities where these police officers serve are. and you pretend as if there's no context. these things we know to be true, and if we cannot even talk about these things, if we cannot talk honestly and openly, not just in the comfort of our own circles, but with those who look different than us, or bring a different perspective, then we will never break this dangerous cycle. >> this was the 11th time president obama has traveled to an american city in the immediate aftermath of a mass

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in the epped, he came in second to michael dukakis. but jackson and his supporters felt that he had earned some leverage in that campaign, that he ought to have some say in the future of the party, given how well he did in the primary. michael dukakis, as it turns out, did not share that view. >> the democratic party was presented with a platform for dukakis to run on. they produced a document which is short in length, details and controversy, which is just what dukakis wanted. >> jesse jackson was in puerto rico today, vowing to take his flat form fight to the floor of the convention. >> i do not think bland is beautiful. >> governor dukakis from his island vacation got exactly what he wanted. >> governor dukakis does not support a tax increase. governor dukakis does not support a reduction in defense expenditures. >> michael barnes led the dukakis defense.

>> did dukakis lose anything at all here? >> no. >> did jackson win anything? >> the goal was to be on the inside with a microphone, rather than on the outside with a picket sign. >> it did not do jesse jackson much tangible good to be on the inside in 1988. but that is hugely the way it goes. i mean, the winner of the primary is the leader of the party, and he or she gets to decide what the party is going to be from there on out. including stuff like the party platform. so considering that history, considering the way it usually is, when bernie sanders did give his endorsement to hillary clinton today, four weeks after the end of the democratic primary, he was able to claim a rare and pretty remarkable achievement, even though its candidacy was ultimately not successful, he did genuinely succeed in moving the democratic party and moving the democratic party's nominee to the left.

and on the most important stuff, he got it in writing. >> it is no secret that hillary clinton and i disagree on a number of issues. that is what this campaign has been about. that is what democracy is about. but i am happy to tell you that at the democratic platform committee, which ended sunday night in orlando, there was a significant coming together between the two campaigns and we produced -- [ cheers and applause ] we produced by far the most progressive platform in the history of the democratic party! >> indeed the sanders' camp got the language they wanted on almost every plank of the party platform, from the minimum wage, to breaking up the big banks, to carbon pricing, to the debt

policy. hillary clinton embraces ideas from him on college tuition. both president obama and hillary clinton have renewed their support for a public option under obamacare. remember the public option? it's now back. bernie sanders is happy enough with these developments and others that today his campaign announced that they will not be filing what they called minority reports at the democratic convention. minority reports are where you lay out disagreements with the party platform. it means you have floor fights, over not necessarily the nominee, but over the platform. there are not going to be floor fights over the platform at the convention. that had been something senator sanders had threatened in the past and we now know it's not going to happen. it's worth appreciating what bernie sanders has achieved and how rare it is. here was not the world's most

high profile senator, launching a presidential bid in a party he was not even a member of and he came closer than anybody thought possible to beating the overwhelming favorite. instead of just losing to the front-runner and marveling about it like 17 republicans did with donald trump, bernie sanders in defeat actually managed to substantively shift the democratic party in his direction, which is nothing can be said by any of the republicans who lost to donald trump. and bernie sanders interest still going. he's not done. in an e-mail to supporters today, he announced his endorsement, and that he will be rolling out plans for what he called successor organizations, to carry on the struggle that we have been a part of these past 15 months. my question is, what's that going to look like? we've got an answer for that next. my advice for looking younger longer? get your beauty sleep and use new aveeno® absolutely ageless® night cream

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nominee for president. and i intend to do everything i can to make certain she will be the next president of the united states. >> senator bernie sanders today, in new hampshire, saying he'll do everything he can to help hillary clinton beat donald trump in november. joining us now is jeff weaver, bernie sanders campaign manager. thank you for being here. >> thank you. you can just call me jeff. >> old habits die hard. on that personal note, let me just ask you how you're doing. this is a big political moment for the country and for the democratic party, but for you, this is the end of a long, hard, emotional road for you, running this campaign. >> well, it is, rachel. it will be good to spend more time with my family, but i've been working with bernie sanders off and on since 1986. so i don't see it as the end of the road.

the political revolution that bernie sanders talked about during his campaign continues. it would continue whether he was president, whether hillary clinton is president, whether donald trump is president. i hope to be part of that revolution going forward. >> senator sanders said in the e-mail to supporters today he's going to establish successor organizations to continue the work of the campaign. what are those successor organizations and what will they do? >> well, i think you'll see a number of sister organizations, rachel, which will be focused, a, on policy, b, on recruiting, identifying and training progressive candidates at the local, state, and federal level. as well as some organizations that are dedicated solely to electoral politics. bernie sanders talks about this political revolution, as you've heard him say many times, if he were elected president, he would need millions of people on the mall to help congress do what needs to be done. hillary clinton is going to need that as well. we need this mass movement that started with bernie sanders campaign. but this was never about one candidate. it's about transforming the country and mobilizing people

from one end of it to the other. and we're going to do that. >> is there anything out there in modern political history that we can compare it to? obama for america didn't end up being a major force in progressive politics or any kind of politics. we've seen sort of more successful organizing efforts like that on the right, thinking about something like the christian coalition, which i talked to senator sanders about in our last interview, asking if that might be a kind of model for moving forward. are you basing these plans on anything else that has kpifted? >> no, i think the country is at a unique time. a democratically aligned independents are realizing, coming back home, after a period of time when the democratic party moved to the right after the reagan era, i think the democratic party is moving back into its normal historical trajectory. i think we found it on the stump, the rank and file of the democratic party is much more progressive, i think, than

people had anticipated. i think there's a that's going to be able to harness that energy and to use it to put into effect that platform. we needed elected officials who that platform in the congress. >> senator sanders today said that talking about that platform, saying the way that platform gets implemented is with not only a democratic senate, which seems very possible this year, but a democratic house, which will be a much tougher row to hoe. a democratic presidency in hillary clinton, what should we expect towards the election? i recognize the goals go on longer, what should we expect from senator sanders in terms of campaigning and organizing? >> i think you'll see senator sanders actively campaigning from one end of the country to the other, i think he's going to be stumping for secretary clinton, obviously, to help her

become president of the united states. in addition to that, i think you'll see him stumping for progressive senates to house candidates from one end of the country to the other. i think he'll be able to excite and generate enthusiasm for a lot of young people, the young people who supported in this campaign from democratically aligned inpen dense. i think he'll be effective on the stump in bringing together the type of -- and they'll democrats up and down. >> jeff, there is a bernie or bust contingent among sanders supporters. people started shouting and making themselves known that they're not on board with this endorsement, even if senator sanders is going to work for hillary clinton, they don't want to. as your perspective, how many of those folks do you think they are and do you think the clinton campaign should worry about them?

do you think senator sanders has a strategy for trying to change their minds? >> a lot of these voters won't necessarily vote for trump but they'll stay home on election day. look, let me say, i've worked on this campaign on the get go, no one has poured more of their heart and soul than i have. when i go home and look at my kids in their face, i cannot imagine a future where donald trump becomes the president and my children have to grow up in that type of society. so the way we stop that is to elect hillary clinton president of the united states. as i mentioned before, the reagan era, many people thought when ronald reagan was president, he was so extreme. what would happen is that the politics and america moved sharply to the right, including democratic party and take over democratic party. we've almost left that period behind, a little bit of hang over, but the democratic party is back on and we need to move

forward. we're not moving forward fast enough. bernie sanders fought very hard, but he did not win, hillary clinton win. we'll support her to keep this country going forward. we cannot leave our children in the hands of donald trump. >> you're going to vote for hillary clinton? >> yes, i am. >> bernie sanders campaign manager what i know is a tough day and big change. i wish you the best particularly in getting back to your life and family and getting some rest after this long hall, thanks for being here. >> thanks for talking to me, ra -- rachel. >> we'll be right back. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair works... ...in one week. with the... fastest retinol formula. ...to visibly reduce wrinkles. neutrogena®. listerine® total care strengthens teeth, after brushing, helps prevent cavities and restores tooth enamel. it's an easy way to give listerine® total care

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the convention speakers for the republican convention. first they said we'll get that list last wednesday, then thursday, then we were told we would be able to report a list of speakers today, so far this is what we've got, nothing, on the record. according to the official republican convention app, the only confirmed speaker thus far is george washington. seriously, george washington, i don't know, i'm sure he's very nice, no relation, right. mitt romney announced his convention speakers three weeks ahead, this time we're less than a week out, still no idea. some speakers are revealing themselves that they'll be there. mitch mcconnell said he would address the convention, you can get excited for that. we also know to expect to speeches from ted cruz, paul ryan, the list who won't speak is longer, mitt romney, low energy jeb bush, or his older brother george bush.

also john not a war hero mccain, little marco rubio, no disgusting eater john kasich. politico republican reported republican political operatives who are skipping it. ril ritter told politico, i would rather attend the public hanging of a good friend. donald trump said romney's convention in 2012 was boring. he promised he'll have a show biz feel to it. maybe with star power, at this point we'll have to take his word for it. kicks off in six days. we have no idea what's going to happen. it's wednesday, july 13th. right now on "first look," arrests made as a plot to kill baton rouge cops is stopped in its tracks. president obama leads the nation in mourning the five dallas police officers ambushed while protecting a peaceful protest.

to politics, we have the belated endorsement and forced political marriage of bernie sanders and hillary clinton. and a formal announcement for donald trump's ticket on friday. and trump calls for the resignation of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. a bear in quite a pickle of a situation. and is this the next iron lady? "first look" starts right now. good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us today, i'm betty nguyen. a manhunt is under way in baton rouge, louis.